Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-04
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1887.
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Los Angeles is at present receiving
a very large increment to its per-
manent population, and "a large per-
centage Of those settling here are OF
the most desirable class. Among the
new arrivals are many farmers, who
bring with them small amount OF
money, enough to buy a piece OF
land and. make home of their own.
But it will be many a long day before
this section has so many of this class
tn at they will crowd each other for
room. Prices tell the story OF supply
and demand better than any amount
of reasoning on other lines. Butter is
wor tn ninety cents roll, or forty-five
cents a pound in this market. Prob
ably hall that used in local consump-
ton is imported from abroad. Eggs
are worth forty-fve cents per dozen at
this time, and there is by no means a
sufficient amount of these produced
here to meet the local demand. The
smallest, thinnest, toughest bit of a
chicken sold at the stalls brings
seventy-five cents. Our merchants
are bringing poultry in from the East
to supply the tables OF Los Angelehos.
1t is perhaps just as well not to
multi ply examples at one time, but to
show how easily a family may make
a go od living here, let us add milk to
the other products OF the dairy, and
to poultry Milk is ssleable at ten cents
a quart, and the citizens OF Los An
geles cannot procure enough OF this
ar ticle of daily consumption. Given
a little farm Of ten acres well suited
to the production OF alfalfa, and an in
dustrious family can make an easy
living on such little patch OF ground.
Ten acres will produce one hum
dred tons Of hay year and
upwards. Farmers know better
than others how many COWS that
IN uch hay will feed. They know also
how many quarts OF milk good thor
oughbred Jersey will give, and at ten
cents quart the gross income is
easily computed. Ii only a COW to the
acre is assumed as the lumber such
a patch of land will support; and a
COW will give an average OF ten quarts
a day, we have one dollar per day per
acre, or 1865 per year for each acre of
land. The ten acres will bring In
1860 a year. Ii the estimate OF milk
is deemed too large, the number OF
COWS is certainly much too small and
whatever must be deducted from the
one may be added to the other.
The beauty OF it is the ease with
which the work is done in this coun-
try. The alfalfa patch must
be irrigated once month to get the
best results. That is an easy days
work for man. Once Il month it
must be cut with the mower, a little |
more than days work for a man and
team. 1t will take'a short day each |
month to rake up the hay, and two or
three days Tor two men to haul the |
crop to the barnyard. Each month |
there is one weeks work on the place.
There is, Of course, the milking OF the |
cows, and the getting Of the milk to
customers. Farmers can easily make |
the closest estimates as to how much |
labor there is in doing such duties. |
But where there are several members |
in family all the work on such bit |
of land can easily be done without |
paying out dollar for hired help. |
With the dairy can be kept little
chicken ranch, and the net |
proceeds of this industry |
will support the entire family with |
what may be produced on the place
for family use. The cost OF such a
farm will range at from $1,000 to $500,
according to location. The world
cannot show an easier way to make a
living.
There need be no fear of entering
into such an enterprise lest it should
not pay. Housekeepers cannot get
an extra pint OF milk from the wagons
for love or money. Eggs, butter,
cheese and poultry are all brought in
here to supply the home demand.
The population is growing very much
more rapidly than the development oil
our resources, and there is no pros
pect that this ratio OF growth is to be
reversed in any reasonable time.